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Chinese
dissident Wang Xiaoning was released today after serving a 10-year prison term
on charges of "incitement to subvert state power," a case built in good part on
client information supplied by Yahoo. Wang had used his Yahoo email account and
the discussion forum Yahoo Groups to spread ideas the government deemed
dangerous. His case closely parallels that of journalist Shi Tao, another Yahoo
user who fell afoul of the Chinese government. In 2005, Shi was convicted of "illegally
leaking state secrets abroad" and given a 10-year sentence. Yahoo had helped
authorities identify Shi through his account information.